CRAZY WEEK

Hey Everyone, So this week was really awesome but really crazy. So we were teaching this Investigator named sergei, He chased us down and wasnted to know more. We talk him all the lessons this week and challenged him to be baptized, well unfourtunetly we called him and he didn;t ansewr and we kept on calling day after day and his phone is just ringing. and he didn't male it to church, so we are going to have to set a different Baptisimal date to work with when we get ahold of him. We'll starting Tuesday, my companion and Elder Hoffmister were feeling sick, so Wednesday I went on exchanges with Elder richardson. We had a lesson with dennis, It started out rough, but I just want to say that without the lords help we cannot do anything. Wel we challenged Dennis to live the Word of Wisdom and to really start keeping his comittments. Well when I first proposed it he laughed and told me straight up "No" I didn't know how to react to that response and didn't expest it and so my mind was Blank, but with a prayer in my heart, and not knowing what to say, The lord put words in my head. I thought of the scripture in Matthew "by their Fruits ye shall Know them" Well At first I opened it and read it with him, then it popped it to my head that the fruits of the Restored gospel of Jesus Christ is the Book of Mormon and the Revalation from a modern day Prophet, like the Word of wisdom. All the sudden I felt like I should be straight foreward and frank with him and I told him that the only way for him to know was to live the restored goespel with sincerity and fullness of heart and then god can give him that witness and hope he wants, and unless he does everything he supposed, untill he shows God he really wants to know what church was true through Giving all his heart he won't receive anything. Only he can know wether he gave his all, Hopefully he starts Quiting today. Truly the lord works through us and puts words and thoughts into our heads, When we prepare and and try our hardest he fills in for our weaknesses, it a big job for someone like me, only God can help me with my weaknesses and he does.Anyway Elder Hoffmister and shurtz both had a Viral Infection, from drinking milk from a skecthy place, well I was on a four day slpit with elder Richardson and It was Intense covering alot of area and alot of lessons, and finding an apartment for them cause they got kicked out of theirs, because we are missionaries . . .anyway. .God truly Helps those who follw him and want s to help those who don't, Give it a Chance and not just for a week, keep going and look for God's hand in your life, you'll be suprised at the Outcome. We've got a cuople pontential investigators that we are working with to get baptized, just pray for the people of ukraine :) Thanks
MY love to you all and hope that your keeping the commandments even in tough times, thats when it's important, It's the Trial of your faith .1 Peter 1:7 (? I think)
With Valor, Elder Shane Forest Davis